Objective
Supporting the Information Society, the goal of the W3UserNet project is to speed up adoption, by European businesses and organisations, of the tools and techniques that will allow them to seize the multiple opportunities offered by the World Wide Web. Focusing on users aspects, and complementing existing initiatives which concentrate on the technology, the W3UserNet aims at helping European companies, especially SMEs, to integrate the use of the Web in their business processes.
Co-ordinated by a steering committee fully experienced in the Web environment, the W3UserNet network of members will be built from an initial base of users companies, focusing on SMEs and their business requirements. This will be facilitated by the presence of real SMEs as well as representative organisations of SMEs and users in the period steering committee. Then, as the project evolves, the W3UserNet will be expanded, welcoming many more companies who want to participate directly in the development and effective use of what is surely going to become an essential tool for maintaining and expanding their activities.
The W3UserNet will undertake the following activities:
- create and develop the W3UserNet,
- collect and consolidate the requirements of the users for specific activity segments,
- influence the development of the derivative technologies, products and services,
- stimulate the delivery of Web capabilities compliant with the users needs and,
- speed up and facilitate the usage of the Web infrastructure by European organisations, by disseminating the information and providing facilities and services to its members.
A key aspect of the W3UserNet, relative to existing regional initiatives, is to "leverage" these beyond their local spheres of influence and help them to secure access of European-expertise, examples, and partners.
The activities of the W3UserNet will be carried out in co-ordination with other European initiatives in this field such as the W3 Consortium and the G7 pilot project "Global Market Place for SMEs". As a further example, the W3UserNet will seek to work co-operatively with regional initiatives around Europe. Establishing liaison and co-operation with international organisations outside Europe will also be essential in this project. Formal links with standards bodies will be ensured by the presence of INRIA in the steering committee as well as the well proven links of APM to these organisations.
The core partners, well known in Europe for their competence, form the steering committee of the W3UserNet. Three of them (APM, QSF and Sycomore) are very experienced SMEs in Web technologies and its use, as suppliers, but more importantly in this context, as users themselves and through the day contacts with their customers. This combination gives these partners the capacity to understand both approaches, business and technology, users and developers, and qualifies them very well to establish and animate the necessary communication links between the different actors within the Web. Additionally, through their operational structure, APM and OSF, together with CECUA and POSC Europe Ltd are very familiar with the issues of end users requirements as well as with the mechanisms for successfully setting up users organisations. INRIA is the European Centre of the World Wide Web and as such is in charge of the European chapter of the W3 Consortium. It understands the need for a stronger, easier users implication and will be the project's best guarantee for a formal, efficient link into the W3 Consortium initiative.
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